breeder
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"There are no beauty contests for women in Turkmenistan but there are for horses," said Ashir, a 70-year-old breeder.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Showhouses are always extravagant, and this year’s event takes place inside the 8,000-square-foot former home of Clara Baldwin Stocker, daughter of land investor and racehorse breeder Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
The newspaper describes her as a "dog breeder and horse lover" who ran Croft Farm, a boarding kennels in the village Thorpe in Balne.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
In breeder parlance, miniature can apply to any pig under 300 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Mendel, as we shall see, was an instinctual gardener—a breeder of plants, a counter of seeds, an isolator of traits; Darwin was a garden digger—a classifier of plants, an organizer of specimens, a taxonomist.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Its striking white and yellow coloration quickly attracted attention in the pet trade, but breeders soon noticed an unfortunate pattern.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
“I don’t think they bring something new in breeding,” said Joris de Brabander, one of Europe’s most successful breeders of show-jumping horses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The super breeders saving their endangered parakeet species.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
One of the most familiar cooperative breeders to a human audience might be the meerkat, thanks to the documentary series Meerkat Manor.
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
Some are purchased from local breeders, while others are trapped in big-city railroad yards.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
